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Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee [1r] (1/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios. It was created in 14 Dec 1828. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828.
The letter discusses:
- The plans of the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] to travel to St Petersburgh [Saint Petersburg] to seek financial and territorial concessions from Russia, and possibly to travel from there to Europe
- Macdonald Kinneir’s opinion of the character and popularity of the Prince Royal and his influence over Persia’s foreign policy
- The deployment of troops by the Prince Royal against the Rouandiz [Rawāndiz Kurds], which Macdonald Kinneir suspects is aimed at acquiring territory from Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- The movements of the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Ali Shāh Qājār].
The letter also forwards a dispatch to the Governor-General of Bengal (IOR/L/PS/9/71/302 and 304).
A duplicate of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/303.
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The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
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- IOR/L/PS/9/71/301
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- Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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- 1r:4v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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